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I have a calf-high pair of Bean's duck boots purchased in college ('79?) that still are in good shape. These are only used in snow, which may account for the remarkable longevity. I wonder if the wool-felt inserts are still available? Good maintenance pays off...

T65, I am glad you agree that it would be silly to tear down valued architecture for redevelopment like in Richland Village. Do you see the folly in redevelopment expenditures in my village, where nearly $4-million has been spent in project infrastructure so far, with another $8-million...

The link is a little old. Everything on personal Pinelands research is now updated through this site: http://loki.stockton.edu/~demitrom/home.html Carl Farrell (Hamilton Township Historical Society) and others have been working on the Thelma colony history along with Estellville's forgotten...

Yes, it is really so! There is a four-page paper I found on the rare and wonderful Palma plasticus Wildwoodae (the Wildwood Palm). The undated anonymous paper (need for anonymity understood) was found in the Wildwood Historical Society collection. The report states, "At a 1964 meeting of...

BKNJ, I was born in 1959, and remember talk of the ruins so suspect the structure burned down a half-century ago. What remained was later bulldozed so little will remain. Walker's ironstone homestead is where the 1872 map shows it. What I am calling Old Baker Trail is N/S between Walkers Ford...

The house burned down some years ago and the property owner salvaged the ironstone to build a house up along the eastern shore of Lake Lenape by Dry Run. I've marked the Walker Mansion site (white arrow) in the figure below. Monroe Forge is also known as Walkers Forge, not to be confused with...

Held the second Wednesday – 7:30 PM – January to April at the Fellowship Hall of the Presbyterian Church, 6001 Main Street, Mays Landing, NJ. 2016 • JANUARY 13 Soggy Ground: Valuing Hamilton Township Wetlands Mark Demitroff • FEBRUARY 10 Privateers and Pirates of the Great Egg Harbor River Lee...

Overshoes are an alternative. I really like NEOS Trekkers. These 500-denier tough nylon-upper shoes are 100% waterproof, and super lightweight. Even though my boats are sized to fit over 11.5 boots, they easily fold away into a small dedicated packing kit that still fits in carry-on luggage. I...

Boyd, I couldn’t think of an inspiration video either. Then it struck me that Harshberger’s monograph, The Vegetation of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: An Ecological Investigation, is now a century old! We often think of McPhee or McCormick as initial champions of the Pines, but check out what...

My daughter and her classmates on occasion volunteered at the refuge. Many local residents had close ties with the director, Sarah Summerville, who recently handed over that position to Veronica van Hof. Daughter and classmate painting the outhouse in 2007. Daughter, classmate, and S...

Menantico, New Kuban has an interesting vernacular architecture that hearkens back to the old country. Here are photos taken just before my daughter's prom (April 30, 2010), where she is standing by the house that burned down. I knew it well. S-M

Agency Docket No. 16-12 – Administrative Action Complaint In the Matter of Paul W. Tyshchenko, esq., Former Principal Planner, Pinelands Commission, July 7, 2015, Pages 9–10 excerpt.

Chilled out Tuesday with the US Permafrost Association at San Francisco’s ThirstyBear Organic Brewery to microbrew and Spanish tapas. It is my task as board member to make sure the beer is cold, and to facilitate research on past permafrost features like those found in the Pine Barrens. On tap...

According to OPRA-obtained documents, six Pinelands Commission staffers were aligned with the Highbridge Group consulting firm. Agency Docket No. 16-12 – Administrative Action Complaint In the Matter of Paul W. Tyshchenko, esq., Former Principal Planner, Pinelands Commission, July 7, 2015...

...or benefits whoever can take it. Remember, under redevelopment a redeveloper has vested rights like eminent domain and tax abatement. Every house, business, and parcel of land within Richland Village redevelopment area is now considered blighted, and can be seized by any developer. According...

Pinelands staffers are hell-bent on making all 47 Villages, without exception, sewered growth zones. The DEP and the Office of Planing Advocacy are not advocating Village inclusion. This incentive is 100% Pinelands Commission driven by every record I have found. Principal Planner Paul...

Bob, Below are excerpts from my recent public testimony for DEP Docket Number 10-15-09, the comment dated November 17, 2015. Water Quality Management Planning is the final step in making Pinelands Villages growth areas. The testimony period has extended to December 28, 2015...

Here's another little-known tidbit on the New Kuban Cossacks. As I understand they were charged with watching after the Kalmyks, who were to emigrate to Buena as well but soon relocated to Medford and Howell. It is unclear if the Kalmyks spent much time in Buena. Here's an article about that...

There are 47 Pinelands Villages that encompass ~24,000 acres. With their new inclusion as State Sewer Service Areas, you can expect radical changes to village character. Richland Village is “a prototype for the immediate region as well as the State” (BVT Redevelopment Plan, 2006: 1). Richland...

This is very interesting news, Jerseyman. Smiths is the old Bushy Place (aka Vanamans), where the original Methodist meeting was held prior to Friendship Church's construction. Maybe Methodists were less sober than I thought, with watering holes flanking either side! When did temperance really...